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I adore rankings like the RYM Top albums of all time, but every music critic and online music rating community has it's own personality/biases that shape how albums are placed.

I've combined a ton of different sources to hopefully balance out the different ways a ranking can be biased.

This resulting ranking doesn't necessarily reflect what the "best" music is (that is subjective), but rather it reflects which albums are most likely to be consistently well-recieved in spite of any individual sources' tastes/biases.

My own ranking and opinion has no sway over this list. But you can see what I'd call my favorites here.

the music i've heard will have

Xeno's Aggregate Top Albums of All Time

Rank Artist Year Title Sources Score
501
Wire 1978 Chairs Missing 3 53
502
The Beatles 1965 Help! 3 53
503
Al Green 1973 Call Me 3 53
504
Nina Simone 1965 Pastel Blues 3 52
505
Billie Holiday 1958 Lady in Satin 3 52
506
Talking Heads 1978 More Songs About Buildings and Food 3 52
507
David Bowie 1980 Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps 3 52
508
Sonic Youth 1990 Goo 3 52
509
Mitski 2014 bury me at makeout creek 3 52
510
The Clash 1980 Sandinista! 3 52
511
Fiona Apple 2020 Fetch the Bolt Cutters 3 51
512
Neil Young 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 3 51
513
Flying Lotus 2010 Cosmogramma 3 51
514
Echo and the Bunnymen 1981 Heaven Up Here 3 51
515
공중도둑 2018 무너지기 3 51
516
Ghostface Killah 2000 Supreme Clientele 4 51
517
Grateful Dead 1970 Workingman’s Dead 3 51
518
Stevie Wonder 1972 Music of My Mind 4 51
519
Al Green 1972 I’m Still in Love With You 3 50
520
The Kinks 1967 Something Else by The Kinks 3 50
521
Bob Dylan 2001 “Love and Theft” 3 50
522
Lil Wayne 2008 Tha Carter III 3 50
523
Dr. John, the Night Tripper 1968 Gris-Gris 3 49
524
The Rolling Stones 1978 Some Girls 3 49
525
Run‐D.M.C. 1984 Run‐D.M.C. 3 48
526
The Cars 1978 The Cars 3 48
527
The Strokes 2020 The New Abnormal 3 47
528
The Beatles 1970 Let It Be 3 47
529
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973 (pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd) 3 47
530
Howlin’ Wolf 1959 Moanin’ in the Moonlight 3 46
531
Mac Miller 2020 Circles 3 46
532
Neurosis 1996 Through Silver in Blood 3 46
533
Hüsker Dü 1985 New Day Rising 3 46
534
Faith No More 1992 Angel Dust 3 45
535
The Cure 1985 The Head on the Door 3 45
536
Dire Straits 1985 Brothers in Arms 3 44
537
MGMT 2007 Oracular Spectacular 3 44
538
Pet Shop Boys 1987 Actually 3 44
539
Big Star 1972 #1 Record 3 44
540
Big Black 1986 Atomizer 3 44
541
Acid Bath 1994 When the Kite String Pops 3 43
542
Whitney Houston 1985 Whitney Houston 3 43
543
Paul Simon 1972 Paul Simon 3 43
544
Iggy Pop 1977 The Idiot 3 43
545
Dolly Parton 1971 Coat of Many Colors 3 42
546
Iron Maiden 1988 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 3 42
547
Rush 1978 Hemispheres 3 42
548
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999 Californication 3 41
549
PJ Harvey 1998 Is This Desire? 4 41
550
The Mars Volta 2003 De‐Loused in the Comatorium 3 41
551
Gene Clark 1974 No Other 3 40
552
MC5 1970 Back in the USA 3 39
553
Joanna Newsom 2015 Divers 3 38
554
Steve Reich 1978 Music for 18 Musicians 2 38
555
Elton John 1972 Honky Château 3 36
556
Mastodon 2004 Leviathan 3 36
557
Marvin Gaye 1978 Here, My Dear 3 36
558
Toots & The Maytals 1973 Funky Kingston 3 35
559
Jessie Ware 2020 What’s Your Pleasure? 3 35
560
Giles Corey 2011 Giles Corey 3 35
561
Bonnie Raitt 1989 Nick of Time 3 34
562
Lingua Ignota 2021 Sinner Get Ready 3 33
563
The Velvet Underground 1968 White Light/White Heat 3 33
564
Los Lobos 1984 How Will the Wolf Survive? 3 33
565
Dr. Dre 1999 2001 3 32
566
Eagles 1972 Eagles 3 32
567
John Coltrane 1965 Ascension 2 30
568
Mr. Bungle 1999 California 3 30
569
The Meters 1970 Look‐Ka Py Py 3 29
570
Go‐Go’s 1981 Beauty and the Beat 3 29
571
The Pharcyde 1992 Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 3 29
572
Car Seat Headrest 2018 Twin Fantasy 2 28
573
Dio 1983 Holy Diver 3 27
574
Agalloch 2002 The Mantle 3 27
575
Devon Hendryx 2013 THE GHOST~POP TAPE 3 26
576
ROSALÍA 2025 LUX 2 23
577
Crystal Castles 2010 Crystal Castles 2 8